Science

The first confirmed case of Down syndrome in Ancient Greece was found on the island of Aegina, according to research published in the journal Nature Communications. DNA analysis on the skeleton of a girl aged 12-16 months, who lived in...

Elon Musk said on Monday that the first human patient implanted with a brain chip from Neuralink appears to have fully recovered and can control a computer mouse using only thoughts. "Progress is good, and the patient seems to have...

For years, scientists believed that the Moon came into existence when a big object called Theia crashed into Earth a very long time ago, around 4.5 billion years ago. This huge collision broke off a lot of debris from Earth,...

The most expensive liquid in the world is venom from a scorpion which has potential medical applications, but its extraction and processing are highly specialized and dangerous. The deathstalker is one of the most dangerous scorpions on the planet, and...

The impressions had been made by hominids on Crete 5.6 million years ago, making them by far the oldest footprints ever discovered in Europe.

An award-winning 12-year-old school boy in Canada has created a working death ray based on the model by ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician Archimedes. Historians and scientists have for hundreds of years been deliberating on whether a "death ray" weapon...

A new cholesterol-lowering drug called Nexletol has shown promise in reducing the risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular problems in people who cannot tolerate traditional statin drugs, according to a major study presented at the American College of...

Scientists using a supercomputer model have predicted that 250 million years from now, the continents will reunite into a supercontinent, dubbed Pangea Ultima, where life will be unbearable. According to a study published recently in Nature Geoscience, the Earth will...

Two amateur paleontologists stumbled upon almost 400 really well-preserved fossils in Southern France. These fossils are around 470 million years old. Scientists from the University of Lausanne, along with teams from CNRS and other countries, checked out this new fossil...

Chinese researchers have recently discovered a new ore called niobobaotite in the Inner Mongolian city of Baotou, which contains the rare earth element niobium. This is a significant advancement in materials science and mining considering niobium is highly valued...

A recent study shows just how the genetic traits of Europeans came about, with most of our attributes coming from the movement of peoples over the last 10,000 years. It was at that time that local European hunter-gatherers intermixed with...

In a new study, scientists from University College London suggest that men who use drugs like Viagra for erectile dysfunction might lower their chances of acquiring Alzheimer's disease. Researchers looked at over 260,000 men and found that those using these...

For the ancient Greeks the liver had an important role in divine and spiritual daily life: the liver was the center of the soul and the source of emotions.

A Harvard scientist, who first suggested evidence of alien life in the Pacific Ocean, now unveils further compelling findings. Around ten percent of these fragments has elements not found in our solar system. Avi Loeb, a physicist, explained that after...

A new genetically modified purple tomato is now available to home gardeners in the U.S. It took twenty years to develop, borrowing color genes from snapdragon flowers. Moreover, the tomato is rich in anthocyanin, a beneficial compound. The Purple Tomato is...